At a Glance Federal court declines preliminary injunction against enforcement of “equal benefits” amendments to Illinois Day and Temporary Labor Services Act. Unless the order is reversed, temporary staffing agencies must provide equal benefits to certain …
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois House unanimously passed a bill Friday night to give landowners and farmers more flexibility to hunt deer on their property. Farmers across the state have told Democrats and Republicans that deer have caused …
Federal prosecutors are seeking a steep 12 ½-year prison term and $1.5 million fine for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, who was convicted earlier this year of bribery, conspiracy, and fraud charges.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Most of the crops are planted in the northern two-thirds of Illinois, but multiple bouts of heavy rains in the southern part of the state have slowed many farmers to a standstill. “Matt Reardon wrote in his May 13 Field Advisor blog …
SPRINGFIELD — After months of negotiating through one of Illinois’ toughest budget seasons in years, state legislators on Friday unveiled a $55.2 billion spending bill that Democratic leaders say bridges an estimated $1 billion shortfall in part through …
State leaders rely on budget gimmicks and short-term fixes and they assume speculative proposals will become law and operate exactly as planned just to balance the books, if only on paper. Transparent, laws-on-the-books-based modeling is the only path to …
(OSV News) — The Illinois House late in the day May 29 passed an assisted-suicide bill that Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich said has the potential to spur “suicide contagion.” In a May 30 statement posted by the Archdiocese of Chicago, Cardinal Cupich …
At least the workers were given a little bit of a warning about a mass layoff that will soon impact a call center in Illinois based on a notice submitted to the state. This new alert was just posted on the Illinois Work Net Center site today. It's a …
Springfield lawmakers are close to hiking road tolls, taxing rideshare services as well as real estate sales for everyone in Cook and the collar counties. Springfield politicians are trying to reach deeper into taxpayers’ pockets who already shoulder some …
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